Galatians 4:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So then, brothers and sisters, we are children, not of an enslaved woman but of the free woman. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So, brethren, we [who are born again] are not children of a slave woman [the natural], but of the free [the supernatural]. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. Common English Bible Therefore, brothers and sisters, we aren’t the slave woman’s children, but we are the free woman’s children. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, brothers, we are not the sons of the servant woman, but rather of the free woman. And this is the freedom with which Christ has set us free. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So then, brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, but of the free: by the freedom wherewith Christ has made us free. |
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by an enslaved woman and the other by a free woman.
But what does the scripture say? “Drive out the enslaved woman and her child, for the child of the enslaved woman will not share the inheritance with the child of the free woman.”
For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become enslaved to one another.